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Photo: Eduardo Calderon
Red Lotus and White Goose
Photo: Eduardo Calderon

Red Lotus and White Goose

Dateearly 1920's
Label TextA shallow, wide basin in the Fushimi district of Kyoto, Ogura Pond was famous among tourists and artists alike for its magnificent lotus plants. Goun was one of a number of nihonga painters who depicted the pond, relying on personal observation from a boat afloat on the water. Although this work builds on a common lineage of Chinese lotus and bird paintings, Goun's portrayal owes far more to Rinpa master Sotatsu than to any Chinese model. He borrows Sotatsu's famed tarashikomi technique-wet color applied over paint that is not yet dry-for a moist, softly textured form. Sotatsu himself painted this subject in a work that is now designated a National Treasure.
Object number2010.41.74
Photo CreditPhoto: Eduardo Calderon
Exhibition HistorySeattle, Washington, Seattle Asian Art Museum, "Transforming Traditions: Japanese and Korean Art since 1800", May 23, 2009 - February 21, 2010Published ReferencesMorioka, Michiyo; Berry, Paul. "Modern Masters of Kyoto: The Transformation of Japanese Painting Traditions," Seattle, WA: Seattle Art Museum, 1999, p. 200, illus. 55.
Credit LineGift of Griffith and Patricia Way, in honor of the 75th Anniversary of the Seattle Art Museum
Dimensions82 3/4 x 25 7/8 in. (210.2 x 65.7 cm)
MediumInk and colors on silk
early 20th century
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Mirror:  Maenad and Doe
Etruscan
ca. 470 B.C.
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late 1920's
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ca. 1810s
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early 1920's
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ca.1917
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